Cuomo Softens Power Claim

By

Devlin Barrett

Updated March 24, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

A day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York would have power sources to replace what he calls risky nuclear reactors at the Indian Point power plant, the governor's office backtracked from claims there would soon be 3,000 megawatts of power production available.

The operators of the state's power grid, meanwhile, concluded that without Indian Point, the downstate area would likely face rolling blackouts or brownouts.